[driftless2]

"I ask them to tell me why instead of going to find the society they admire, they are so insistent in changing the one that I love and making me live the life I don't want.

I used to work with a guy who was a world traveler. One time I asked him which country that he'd been to, if he could, where he'd like to retire.
He said Norway.
I asked him "why Norway?"
He said because the gov. does so much for the average citizen.
I asked him if then he was going to retire there.
He said no.
I said "why not?"
He said because it's too expensive.
I said "why do you want to retire there then?"
He said because the gov. does so much for its citizens.
I said "how can it be great, if it's too expensive to live there?"
He finally disgustedly walked away from me.

[Baynative]

A couple of years ago I met a software guy who had spent two years in Scandanavia. I think he was in Sweden first, then maybe Norway.

Anyway, he said he was excited to go there thinking of all the beautiful blond women he would meet. But after a while they became monotonous to him and the thing (he thought) they all lacked was humor.

"It wasn't joke telling or comedy", he said. "It was just a lack of joy"